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UNITED STATES arena rricn.

WILLIAM D. ARNETT, OF NEAR MORRISON, COLORADO.

SEEDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331.753, dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed March 20, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. ARNETT, acitizen of the United States, residing near Morrison, in the county of Jefferson and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeding-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in seeding-machines, being certain improvements on the invention for which Letters Patent No. 812, 791 were issued to me, said Letters Patent bearing date February 24, A. D. 1885.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2- is a top view. Fig. 3 is a top view of the covering device. "Fig. 4. is a side view of said device. Fig. 5 is an end view of my invention. Fig. 6 is a top sectional view of Fig. 5, cut through the line similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

In Figs. 1 and 2, a is the drag-bar, the forward part of which consists of two arms diverging from each other, as shown in the drawings, said arms being attached to the beam E, forming part of the frame of the machine, by the staples c c, which pass through said beam and are fastened by nuts, as shown.

a a are corresponding arms of adjacent drag-bars, the right arm of one bar and the left arm of the other being attached to the beam E by the same staple 0. Each drag-bar consists of two wrought-iron plates riveted together, as shown, and branching into two arms at each extremity. d d are cast-iron plates containing the disk-axles d. The plates d (Z are bolted to the drag-bar a between the branching extremities of the same, as shown. The plates at d are adjusted by means of the wedges ee, placed between the plates and the drag-bar, as shown. The wedges e e are held in any desired position by tightening the nuts upon the bolts ff, which pass through the plates and the drag-bar, said wedges passing between said bolts. By means of said adjustment of the plates (1 d by the wedges e e the disks 9 g are made to form any desired angle with the line of the machines forward move- Serial No. 159,535. (No model.)

ment, thus cutting a furrow of any width that may be deemed necessary. The forward part of the plates d d extend above the drag-bars and lap over the same sufficiently to come in contact with each other, as shown in Fig. 5. To the top of the plate d is attached by a bolt, 71., the guide It for the reception of the conducting-tube To the bolt h is also attached the sprin gm, by means of which the drag-bars are raised and lowered. also pivoted the conductor j, which conveys the grain to the ground, depositing it in the furrow formed by the cutting-disks g. The conductor 3' swings easily upon the pivot j,

preventing any injury to the machine should the conductor come in contact with a stone or other obstruction by yielding to the resisting object and returning to its proper position by its own weight. The conductor j is adjusted laterally by means of the wedge Z, Figs. 5 and 0 6, which contains the slot Z, through which it is bolted to a narrow flange projecting from the bottom of the plate dtoward the conduct or y", the grain being thus dropped at any desired distance from the disks. devices I) b are bolted to the rear arms of the drag'bars through the slots 5; b, by means of which slots the said covering devices are adjusted vertically, thus regulating the depth of the furrow out by the disks. devices b b project slightly outward from the drag-bar as they extend forward, the object of said projection being to gather the dirt thrown out by the disks and replace it in the furrow from which it was thrown. inner side of the rear and bottom portion of the covering device I) is formed a flange, b which presses the dirt compactly around the grain.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to 0 secure by Letters Patent, is

In a seeding-machine, the combination of the conductor j, the adjustable plates d, attached to the drag-bar, as described, and the wedges e,substantially as described and shown, 9 5

To the plate (1 is 60 The covering 7 The covering 8 On the 

